If you haven't yet taken a stroll over to the Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment poll (and God knows, why would you - unless you saw the link on thedigitalbits.com a week ago), they're requesting your preferences on which of 25 old television series you'd like to see on DVD. I'd really like to see more out of the 25 than the five choices they ask you for, but they probably wouldn't mind me voting more than once. I only ask that you put "Benson" somewhere on your list if you find you have an empty box when you're done.

(You don't care, but I also voted for "Soap," "Newsradio," "T.J. Hooker" and "The Tick." OMG if I could get EVERY "T.J. Hooker" on DVD I would DIE. I already have every "Soap" on tape thanks to taping a Comedy Central marathon but I'd gladly junk them for a set of DVDs. Also, I voted for "The Tick" so the people who like "The Tick" would also vote for "Benson." I am nothing if not diplomatic.)

I voted on this the other day. I tried voting for Newsradio five times, but they have a built in message stopping you from doing it. If it's at all possible to get a Newsradio season-by-season set, with commentary on all the episodes like with The Simpsons, it has to happen and everyone should buy it.

My next one was for Barney Miller, because it's really one of the best sitcoms ever made and had running character and plot continuity that makes it a natural candidate for collection by season. Plus, it has the best theme song ever (just edging out The Rockford Files). You know I'm right about this.

Soap was #3, because Soap's probably right up there in the to five or ten, too. Well, the Benson run - Saunders was a lousy Benson knock-off. I wasn't totally crazy about El Puerco and Joe Magntena at the end, either. But Benson, Chester, Bob, Burt and all the other stuff? If you've never seen Soap, you should.

The Tick got a vote, but not because of its own merits. I was disappointed by the live action show despite Patrick Warburton being the best possible Tick. I voted for it in hopes that it would somehow get the cartoon version on DVD, which I would buy in a heartbeat.

Benson got the last vote because Benson DuBois himself, on Soap or Benson, was the man. And the Governor and that no-good Clayton were great, too. I hated Krause though. Stop saying liebchen, damn it!

I went with Soap (hell Chuck and Bob plus the Col. on DVD, gotta go with that), Benson (probably wouldn't get the last season, but up until then), TJ Hooker, Barney Miller (only song that tops Jive Soul Bro), and Different Strokes (ok, not a great show, but hell, the backstage shit alone causes it to deserve a DVD).Now, the Public Demands: Give us a Hogans Heroes DVD.

Breaking News: In a preemptive military strike, the French Government has announced it has surrendered 2/3 of France, and will move back to Vichy.

Simply because you voted for the Tick, I will now go vote for Benson. SPOON!!!!!

EDIT: D'OH! I thought that they might be looking to release the animated series on DVD... Not that the live action show wasn't funny (the sequence with the Tick and the maid was one of the funniest ever), but I want to own stuff like Pig-leg and Little Wooden Boy and so on. Still, even if Die Fledermaus was better than Batmanuel, Batmaneul was still a fun character.

I also voted for Who's the Boss, not to own it, but simply because I think it would be hysterical to see Who's the Boss season 1 on DVD. 'Ey 'o, 'o 'ay...

I'd also vote for Bewitched, but almost all of the principals are deceased and no commentary. I mean, can you imagine what a Paul Lynne commentary would be like?

"No one's ever done a movie about flowers before. So there are no guidelines." "What about "Flowers for Algernon"?" "Well, that's not about flowers. And it's not a movie." "Ok, I'm sorry, I never saw it." -- Adaptation

If you haven't yet taken a stroll over to the Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment poll (and God knows, why would you - unless you saw the link on thedigitalbits.com a week ago), they're requesting your preferences on which of 25 old television series you'd like to see on DVD. I'd really like to see more out of the 25 than the five choices they ask you for, but they probably wouldn't mind me voting more than once.

I only ask that you put "Benson" somewhere on your list if you find you have an empty box when you're done.

(You don't care, but I also voted for "Soap," "Newsradio," "T.J. Hooker" and "The Tick." OMG if I could get EVERY "T.J. Hooker" on DVD I would DIE. I already have every "Soap" on tape thanks to taping a Comedy Central marathon but I'd gladly junk them for a set of DVDs. Also, I voted for "The Tick" so the people who like "The Tick" would also vote for "Benson." I am nothing if not diplomatic.)

I just saw the episode today (having no WB), and I think the rationale for Fred seeing Jasmine's "true-face" was because she touched her(Jasmine's) blood. I thought I heard her mention that or something to that effect.